Day Labor Station

National

2007 to present

The San Francisco nonprofit Public Architecture (PA) believes designers can play a role in identifying larger social problems as well as in solving them: The 117,000 day laborers in the U.S. gather in parking lots and on street corners in hopes of finding work, leaving them exposed to the elements and, often, the anger of those who oppose immigration. In response, PA developed the Day Labor Station to serve as a meeting place and amenity for laborers. Though it hasn’t been deployed, it launched an advocacy effort around the working conditions of laborers. The ongoing campaign has led to outreach with about a dozen worker networks across the country, and PA hopes it will inspire others to identify problems where social consciousness and design can beneficially intersect.

Accessibility, Community, Economy, Information

50,000

Ongoing

5

Problem - no basic amenities for day laborers

Solution - a campaign to humanize workers in the informal economy

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Governors Island 2016

JUNE + JULY, 2016

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